Bone Abstracts

Background: Recently, the prevalence of osteoporosis and sarcopenia in the elderly has dramatically increased. However the relationship between theses disease is not clear.Object: We aimed to determine the independent relations of muscle mass to osteoporosis (femur neck) in relation to body weight, fat mass, and other confounders.Design: We analyzed body composition and BMD data of 570 males and 734 females who are older than 65 ye...